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SYNOPSIS
       free [-b | -k | -m | -g] [-o] [-s delay ] [-t] [-V]

DESCRIPTION
       free  displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap mem‐
       ory in the system, as well as the buffers  used  by  the  kernel.   The
       shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.

   Options
       The  -b  switch  displays  the amount of memory in bytes; the -k switch
       (set by default) displays it in kilobytes; the -m switch displays it in
       megabytes; the -g switch displays it in gigabytes.

       The -t switch displays a line containing the totals.

       The -o switch disables the display of a "buffer adjusted" line.  If the
       -o option is not specified, free subtracts buffer memory from the  used
       memory and adds it to the free memory reported.

       The -s switch activates continuous polling delay seconds apart. You may
       actually specify any floating point number for delay, usleep(3) is used
       for microsecond resolution delay times.

       The \-V displays version information.

FILES
       /proc/meminfo
              memory information



SEE ALSO
       ps(1), slabtop(1), vmstat(8), top(1)


AUTHORS
       Written by Brian Edmonds.

       Send bug reports to <albert@users.sf.net>




Cohesive Systems                 20 Mar 1993                           FREE(1)
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